Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:44:08 +0200 From: Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Patch to add more GEOM support to hal Message-ID: <20061026034408.a08b6347.jylefort@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <453FA7B0.5030105@FreeBSD.org> References: <1161699824.1029.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20061025143425.0a1f6c64.jylefort@FreeBSD.org> <453FA7B0.5030105@FreeBSD.org>
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--Signature=_Thu__26_Oct_2006_03_44_08_+0200_oAJt7bcPp5/eudWx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:06:40 -0400 Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jean-Yves Lefort wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:23:44 -0400 > > Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > >> If you currently use a lot of different GEOM classes, and have noticed > >> some strange hal-related behavior in GNOME when it comes to mounting > >> disks, or seeing icons for RAID members on the desktop, try the > >> following patch for sysutils/hal: > >> > >> http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/patch-geom > >> > >> This patch removes libdisk usage from hal, and replaces it with pure > >> GEOM configuration parsing. I'm interested in getting all feedback. > >> The idea is to fix any GEOM-related volume problems without introducing > >> anything new. So if something feels worse after this patch, definitely > >> let me know. > > > > - What are these GEOM problems? > > Virtual GEOM classes like LABEL, MIRROR, GELI, etc. are not handled > correctly. libdisk doesn't understand these. Consequently, people see > mirror elements as mountable volumes on the desktop (for example). > However, these volumes cannot be mounted. I see. Good move. Anyway libdisk "is an internal helper library for sysinstall and should only be used there" according to phk (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/97164). -- Jean-Yves Lefort jylefort@FreeBSD.org http://lefort.be.eu.org/ --Signature=_Thu__26_Oct_2006_03_44_08_+0200_oAJt7bcPp5/eudWx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFQBMAyzD7UaO4AGoRArRNAJ0aHsKYJl4hb8bgUaHlngoFKp8YqgCdGigi 3y+6r9BjWL7RYxt1krIOmtg= =KDy7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__26_Oct_2006_03_44_08_+0200_oAJt7bcPp5/eudWx--
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